By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 9 Dec 24
The EVILution of Communism Workshop, Session 4 Communism is a religious view that has evolved and adapted over the last two centuries, including right up to the present day. Understanding the developments and threats in our present world requires understanding what Communism really is, especially in its Marxist variants, and how it has developed and changed over the years. In response to this need, James Lindsay of New Discourses held a four-lecture workshop series on the EVILution of Communism in Dallas, Texas, at the start of August 2024. In this fourth and final lecture in the series, Lindsay picks up the loose threads from the previous two lectures and weaves
The EVILution of Communism Workshop, Session 4 Communism is a religious view that has evolved and adapted over the last two centuries, including right up to the present day. Understanding the developments and threats in our present world requires understanding what Communism really is, especially in its Marxist variants, and how it has developed and changed over the years. In response to this
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 23 May 24
New Discourses Bullets, Ep. 92 There’s an old saying about Communists that applies to all militant ideologies: they are good at conquest and bad at management. That’s only half of the story. The fact is that because of their cult-religious nature, various strains of Communism aren’t just bad at management; they’re completely disinterested in management. That is, they don’t want to make things work; they just want to control people and institutions to make more Communists. In this episode of New Discourses Bullets, host James Lindsay explains the ideas behind that simple summary of Communist behavior. Join him to learn
New Discourses Bullets, Ep. 92 There’s an old saying about Communists that applies to all militant ideologies: they are good at conquest and bad at management. That’s only half of the story. The fact is that because of their cult-religious nature, various strains of Communism aren’t just bad at management; they’re completely disinterested in management. That is, they don’t want
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 19 Feb 24
The New Discourses Podcast with James Lindsay, Episode 136 Stakeholder Capitalism is a scam. Though not particularly well-known outside of certain business circles, it is the model associated with Klaus Schwab and the World Economic Forum. Its basic form is this: the purpose of the company itself has to change, not to serve customers and generate profit for shareholders but instead to “serve all stakeholders.” Its mechanism is also unsurprising: ESG, Environmental, Social, and Governance scoring metrics for corporations. Unsurprisingly, its implementation is shockingly corrupt and filled with Marxist distortions. In this episode of the New Discourses Podcast, host James
The New Discourses Podcast with James Lindsay, Episode 136 Stakeholder Capitalism is a scam. Though not particularly well-known outside of certain business circles, it is the model associated with Klaus Schwab and the World Economic Forum. Its basic form is this: the purpose of the company itself has to change, not to serve customers and generate profit for shareholders but
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 22 Sep 23
By Ted Rau and originally published in an email, a press release, and on LinkedIn.com In four weeks, Sociocracy for All will be ready to publish a new book that I wrote. The book will be called Collective Power. Patterns for A Self-organized Future. What “Collective Power” is The intention of the book is to show the underlying patterns of collaboration in groups. The better we understand the patterns of cooperation, the better we can design systems where humans thrive. Those conceptual parts are intermixed with stories. People often say, “This was a great training, but the stories you tell
By Ted Rau and originally published in an email, a press release, and on LinkedIn.com In four weeks, Sociocracy for All will be ready to publish a new book that I wrote. The book will be called Collective Power. Patterns for A Self-organized Future. What “Collective Power” is The intention of the book is to show the underlying patterns of
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 15 Jan 23
I want to begin sharing how we can learn to “activate” the regeneration of entire bioregions…The work of Bioregional Activators is to create real-world impacts on the ground in different landscapes around the world. This means each landscape needs to learn how to organize itself at the bioregional or territorial scale.Here in Barichara, we are creating a territorial foundation. It is a specific incarnation of something more general. Not every bioregion needs to create a territorial foundation, but every bioregion DOES need the core capacities enabled by what our territorial foundation is doing.Also here in Barichara we are creating an ecoversity.
I want to begin sharing how we can learn to “activate” the regeneration of entire bioregions…The work of Bioregional Activators is to create real-world impacts on the ground in different landscapes around the world. This means each landscape needs to learn how to organize itself at the bioregional or territorial scale.Here in Barichara, we are creating a territorial foundation. It
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 14 Sep 22
Reflections from a decade of building decentralised organisations.This is a 3 part article for people building DAOs trying to solve meaningful problems.It has been written to share learnings and reflections from a decade of building Enspiral, a decentralised, autonomous organisation in the pre Web3 era.Part one offers a frame for ‘the big idea’. What’s the potential of decentralised organising and why is it worth exploring this way of doing things?Part two shares working blueprints. A theory and model iterated from lived experience building Enspiral. It is intended to provoke thinking and share working structures and processes ready to be adapted.Part three points to
Reflections from a decade of building decentralised organisations.This is a 3 part article for people building DAOs trying to solve meaningful problems.It has been written to share learnings and reflections from a decade of building Enspiral, a decentralised, autonomous organisation in the pre Web3 era.Part one offers a frame for ‘the big idea’. What’s the potential of decentralised organising and why
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 22 May 20
Loomio How-tos: Good Governance OnlineIn our previous newsletter, I shared a resource that can help keep your business moving, even while you can’t meet with your team in-person. If you haven’t already, you can get it here.Good Governance OnlineHow do you transition your board’s processes online; make decisions or run a virtual board meeting effectively?Here at Loomio, we see many great examples of organizations doing good governance online and I’d like to share what we’ve learned with two new guides:How to run board meetings & make decisions online (8 minutes) — the tools and processes you need to create space for meaningful discussions, work
Loomio How-tos: Good Governance OnlineIn our previous newsletter, I shared a resource that can help keep your business moving, even while you can’t meet with your team in-person. If you haven’t already, you can get it here.Good Governance OnlineHow do you transition your board’s processes online; make decisions or run a virtual board meeting effectively?Here at Loomio, we see many great
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 14 Feb 19
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